Muwatta Malik #1480
Judgements
Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab
that Umar ibn al-Khattab had a dispute brought to him between a muslim
and a jew. Umar saw that the right belonged to the jew and decided in
his favour. The jew said to him, "By Allah! You have judged
correctly.'' So Umar ibn al-Khattab struck him with a whip and said,
"How can you be sure." The jew said to him, "We find that there is no
judge who judges correctly but that there is an angel on his right
side and an angel on his left side who guide him and give him success
in the truth as long as he is with the truth. When he leaves the
truth, they rise and leave him."
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This hadith is #1480 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.